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Who: Atoli
Broadcast: video; fleet wide
Action: Marsiva
When: Dec 25ish

[This sudden turn of events has left Atoli stunned. She's to be frowning near the hospital decks. Her mind is boggled for various reasons.]

Um, can anyone hear me? My name's Atoli. I don't know what's happening. I woke up and I suddenly found myself here I--[The poor girl seems to be having trouble putting her thoughts into words. With her expression and tone it's clear that she's not taking this very well at all.]

I can't seem to remember anything from before I arrived. I think I was supposed to meet up with my friend. I got lost afterwards. [She definitely emailed Haseo and told him to go meet up with her at the Forbidden Grounds, so why is she here? It's puzzling.]

Would someone please help me? I'd hate to be a burden, but I need to know what's going on. This isn't "The World" is it?

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[Yes, Atoli should meet Asuna. Healer bff's yeah!!!]

Oh, that's good to hear. It's always better to stay out of trouble when you can.

I won't go looking for fights! There's no need to worry. [She smiles confidently. ]

[He wishes he could have that confidence, but so often fights end up looking for him. It's weird not to have that problem as much here.]

You should be okay, then. I'm Kirito, by the way.

It's a pleasure to meet you Kirito! Meeting new people here makes me so happy!

Being with someone is better than being alone.

[Man, she... is really peppy for someone who's just been abducted. It's enviable.]

No argument here. Though I'm always torn between wanting some of the people from home to show up or feeling glad that they haven't yet.

[This isn't the first time she's been stuck in some strange place. Atoli's used to it by now. She won't get anywhere by complaining so she might as well make the most of it.]

I see what you mean. It must be hard to be apart from the people you cherish so much.

[He just smiles faintly and doesn't respond directly to her words. She'll understand soon enough. An unfortunate truth when it comes to this place.]

Anyway, about your game- was it called "The World", or was that the name of the map area?

It's the name of the game.

Millions of people subscribe to it including myself. I spent most of my time socializing there. What do you like to do in an mmorpg?

[Atoli takes things slow and steadily. Might seem kind of boring to others, but that's how she rolls.]

[It's a little embarrassing how he used to spend so much time playing solo in an MMO. Thankfully he's learned better habits, now.]

Mostly the same, to be honest. Almost all of my friends live a long distance from me, so games are the only way I can see them outside of school. We do plenty of leveling and dungeon runs, but sometimes we just get together for homework.

You do your homework inside of the game? I suppose anything can be possible inside of an mmorpg.

Time just flies when you're having fun with your friends. [She nods a little to Kirito's words.]

It's less fun when you're writing essays or twelve pages of code, but the company definitely helps.

[Plus in the game, they have Yui to help out. AI children are way better than web search engines for gathering info.]

Most of our team goes to the same school, though, so there's some similarities with the work. We can tackle it as a group.

Work is always hard.

Sometimes you don't know the answer and you end up getting stuck. What do you write code for? Is it a program?

[This is so nerdy. Atoli love playing video games but she's never ventured into the world of coding.]

[WELL. Since she asked, he'll just go full-blown nerd on her.]

Sort of, yeah! I'm studying mechatronics, and what I'm best at so far is creating the code that links electronic signal to mechanical devices. Before I got here I was building a program that would allow an AI to control a mobile camera.

Mecha.....mechatronics? [Whoa big words here. Kirito sounds so passionate about his studies so she smiles a little despite her confusion.]

Amazing! You're really smart, did you know that?

[She understands how much work he puts into this.]

Hah, not really. It's just a passion of mine.

[He's super average about everything else.]

It's great to have a goal in life. [Sure beats being lost and not knowing what to do.]

Have you been working on your project here too?

[From the things she's heard about this place it doesn't seem like there's too much to do around here. It wouldn't be impossible for Kirito to work on mechatronics even on a ship.]

I wish. Computer access is pretty limited, and the AI isn't here, either. I wouldn't even know where to start.

But I've got other projects to keep me busy, so it's not that bad.

It's something productive to do.

I'm sorry you couldn't worry on your main project here. [The lack of technology is saddening. ]

It's okay. I was working on it with a couple of classmates back home- I'm sure they'd be annoyed if I finished it on my own.

[But enough about him, before he gets outright evasive.]

What about you? What's your world like?

[He pointedly avoids specifying whether he means the virtual or real world. It isn't polite to pry about the latter.]

[Atoli laughs happily and nods.]

I had pets back at home! I took care of three birds whenever I wasn't playing an mmorpg.

[She really loves birds can't you tell?]

[She sure does.]

What kind of birds are they?

Hand-perching sparrows! They're really friendly and have different color wings.

One of my birds is pink, the other second is white and the last bird has a cinnamon color.

[She went out of her way to give them all names too.]

Pink sparrows are... pretty rare, aren't they?

[He can honestly say he's never seen one before.]

You won't find pink sparrows outside all the time. I'd say they're unique and special.

If they were too rare then we couldn't keep them as house pets. [Then that would be a true shame...]

Did you keep any pets at home Kirito?

No, my family hasn't had pets for a long time. None of us really have the time for taking care of them.

[Well, okay, he probably could do it, but he doesn't trust his attention span. He'd rather play games.]

Pets take a lot of time and care don't they? It might be hassle for some people. I understand.

[Some people have better things to do than clean up after pets.]